Milk-bottle handle



July 10, w23.; 11,461,621

L.. KRANZI.

MILK BOTTLE HANDLE Filed July 2l atbozwuj aaai - LEOPOLD KRANZL, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.-

'mim-BOTTLE HANDLE application med July 21,

To all whom it may cof/wem:

' Be it known that LnoPoLn Klemm., a

i citizen o f the United States, residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in Milk-Bottle Handles, of which the following is a specification. i

This invention relates to article carriers, and particularly to bottle carriers.

The invention contempla-tes the provision 4ofl article engaging members with means for moving said membersrelatively to in crease or decrease the spacing between the members, so that the members may be placed over a bottle top having'a'beaded edge and the means operated to. move the members for engaging the bottle below thel bead,

' whereafter vthe bottle may be carried by grasping a handle carried by said means.

The invention further provides article gripping elements having crossed ends, the

' body of the elements defining an opening adapted to fit over and grip the neck of a bottle below anannular projection on vthe upper end and means receiving the endsA adapted to lpull .the ends across one another to a greateror less extent s o that a bottle' will be gripped when the ends are crossed to a greater extent. v v

In the drawings l Fig. l-is a perspective view of the inven-f 'I tion.

Fig. '2 is an end elevation with elements engaging a bottle. v

A pair of article engaging elements 1 of semi-circular form have their'end portions crossed as indicated at 2 and tlle'outer ends gripping `formed with eyes 3 slidably mounted on 'the diverging guide members 4. The end portion of one member overlies the other member'onone end and lies .under said member at the other tend;- so thatv in `the upward or downward movement of the members on the guides by an engaging member, `the elements will have a balanced and even movement.

The guidesvl are joined at the lower ends by portions 5 formedwitln the guides and which serve as stops to limit the downward movement of. the article engaging elements. The guides meet at 6, one guide being se'-4 cured to the other as indicated and above the point 6 one of the guidemembers is extended and curved into a lateral extend# ing portion 7 having a handle 8 thereon, the portion4 7 being f ormed in the central por- 1922. 'serial no. 576,459.

tion of a piecel of wire having the end'pcrtions bent to form two pairs of connected guide members asV clearly illustrated in l Fi 1. ,v

ith the construction above described the gripping elements 1 will be moved to enlarge the opening between said elements when they are slid upwardly on the standards as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2'

so that they may be passed over the upper p beaded end of a bottle, and when permitted to drop by gravity the elements will be relatively moved by the guides for making said opening smaller for gripping the bottle be low the bead thereonasshown -in Fig. v2. The handle may now be grasped by the hand and the bottle carried in this position.

The. members are released by pushing' down on the handle which causes them to be movedupon the guides and subsequently apart after which they may be disengaged from the bottle. c

If desired coil springs 9 may be'mounted on the guides 4 engaging below eyes 3 andv normally forcing the' engaging elements upward on the standards for retaining them in article disengaging relation. A

The WeightV of the bottle acting on the engaging elements always tends to move the elements together for a better gripping action,.so as'to provide against a possible ac.`

cidental disengagement of the bottle.

As illustrated, a wire has vthe center portion carrying lthe handle and the end portions bent laterally therefrom and formed to provide the guides/and the stop portions on the bottom'. enabling a strong and simple devie to be cheaply and quickly manufacture What I claim is v 1, In a carrier, article gripping elements,

and diverging guides slidably receiving similarends of said elements, said guides servmg to relatively increase and decrease .the spacing ofthe elements as the latter are moved longitudinally of the guides.4

said guides serving to relatively increase and decrease the spacing of the elements las the latter are moved upwardly or downwardly on said guides and stop members carried by the lower ends of' the diverging -guides for limiting the downward movement of said elements.

4. A..carrier including article gripping elements, and downwardly diverging guides slidably receiving the ends of said elements,

said guides serving to relatively increase and decrease the spaclng of the elements asA the latter are moved upwardly or downwardly on said guides, said elements being adapted for 'engagement with the neck of a bottle below a bead formed thereon, whereby the weight of the bottle onsaid elements will tend to move them downwardly onthe guides to decrease the spacing.

5. A' carrier including article gripping elements, downwardly diverging guides slidably receiving the ends of said elements, said guides serving to relatively increase and decrease the'spacing of the elements asA the latter are -moved upwardly or downwardly on said guides, said elements being adapted for engagement with the neckof al bottle below a bead formed thereon. whereby the weight of 'the bottle on said elements will tend to move them downwardly on the guides to decrease the spacing and a handle carried by the upper ends of said guides.

'6. A carrier including article gripping elements, downwardly diverging guides slidably receiving similar ends ofy said ele-v ments, said guides being joined together at the upper ends and servlng to relatively increase and decrease the spacing of the elements in the upward or downward movement thereof on the guides, and a handle formed by a portion extending from the upper connected ends of the guides.

' 7. A carrier including article gripping" elements, downwardly diverging guides slidably receiving similar ends of saidI elements, said guides being joined together at lthe upper ends and serving to relatively increase and decrease the spacing vof the elements in the upward or downward movement thereof on the guides, a handle formed by a portion extending from the upper 'connected endsof the guides and stop members connecting the lower ends of the guides for' limiting the downward movement of the elements thereon.

8. A carrier including article gripping elements, slidably receiving the ends of said elements, said guides being joined together at the upper ends and serving to relatively increase and decrease the spacingo the elements in the upward and downward move-k downwardly diverging guidesy ment on the guides, the elements being adapted to engage the upper portion ot a bottle below a bead whereby the weight of the bottle will move the elements downwardly on the guides for reducing the spacing and providing a gripping of the bottle, and a handle formed by a portion eX- -tending from the connected upper ends of the guides by which the bottle may be carried.

9. A carrier including a pair of article gripping elements arranged to form a substantially cylindrical opening and having the ends thereof extending across the dia4` 'to vary the extension of the ends of the elements across said diametrical line in the longitudinal movement of the elementsv thereon for varying the size of the cylindrical opening.

11. A carrier including a pair of article engaging elements defining a substantially cylindrical opening and having the end portions extending across the diametrical line of the opening between the members, downwardly diverging guides slidably receiving similar endsof sald elements, and serving to vary the extension of the end portions of the elements across said diametrical line vfor varying the diameter of the cylindrical opening in the upward or downward movement of said elements thereon, and a handle carried by said guides.

l2. A carrier including a pair of article engaging elements defining a substantially cylindrical opening* and having the end portions extending across the diametrical line between the elements, downwardly diverging guides slidably receiving similar ends of the elements and serving to vary the amount the ends extend across said diametrical line for increasing oi` decreasing the diameter of' the cylindrical opening inthe vupward or downward movement respectively `of the elements on the guides, said elements being adapted to receive a portion of a bottle having a bead on the upper end and engage below the bead whereby the weight of the bottle will move the elements downwardly on said guides for decreasing the cylindrical opening and gripping vthe bottle. In testimony whereof I allix m signature. LEOPOLD RANZL. 

